Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Arid and semi-arid soils are characterized by nutrient deficiency and water scarcity,
declining soil quality and climate regimes that are unfavorable for crop production. These …

Background The rhizosheath-root system is an adaptive trait of sandy-desert speargrasses
in response to unfavourable moisture and nutritional conditions. Under the deserts' …

Arid ecosystems cover∼ 40% of the Earth's terrestrial surface and store a high proportion of
the global nitrogen (N) pool. They are low-productivity, low-biomass, and polyextreme …

The impact of inoculated plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on its host
physiology and nutrition depends on inoculum level. Whether the impact of the inoculated …

Background Complex plant-microbe interactions have been established throughout
evolutionary time, many of them with beneficial effects on the host in terms of plant growth …

Introduction The extensive use of chemical fertilizers has served as a response to the
increasing need for crop production in recent decades. While it addresses the demand for …

Highly productive conventional agroecosystems are spatially embedded in resource-
homogeneous systems and count on generally nutrient-rich soils. On the contrary, desert …

Saline water irrigation has been used in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) agriculture as an
alternative to non-saline water due to water scarcity in hyper-arid environments. However …

Crop microbiomes are widely recognized to play a role in crop stress resistance, but the
ecological processes that shape crop microbiomes under water stress are unclear …